Jatt & Juliet 2

Jatt & Juliet 2
Directed by Anurag Singh
Produced by Gunbir Singh Sidhu
Manmord Sidhu
Darshan Singh Grewal
Written by Dheeraj Rattan
Amberdeep Singh
Starring Diljit Dosanjh
Neeru Bajwa
Music by Raju Rao
Jatinder Shah
Jassi Katyal[1]
Cinematography Anshul Chobey
Edited by Manish More
Production
company
White Hill Production
Release dates
  • June 28, 2013
Running time
 140 minutes
Country Canada, India
Language Punjabi
Box office

₹420.20

crore

Jatt & Juliet 2 (Punjabi: ਜੱਟ ਐੰਡ ਜੂਲੀਅਟ-੨) is a 2013 Punjabi romance comedy film directed by Anurag Singh. The film is a sequel to the 2012 blockbuster Jatt & Juliet, however not directly or story-wise. Actors Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa reprise their roles from the previous film in the sequel amongst other characters.[2] The film released on 28 June 2013, almost a year after the release of the prequel, and received a positive response at the box office. Jatt & Juliet 2 went on to become the highest-grossing Punjabi film ever, thus beating the record previously held by the first Jatt & Juliet film. Jatt and Juliet 2 will be the first ever Punjabi movie to be released on Blu-ray. [3][4]

Plot

Fateh Singh (Diljit Dosanjh) is a Punjab police constable that desperately wants a promotion. Because of this, he accepts Deputy Commissioner request backed up by Inspector Singh's (Jaswinder Bhalla) to fly to Canada to retrieve his daughter, Pooja Singh (Neeru Bajwa). Fateh assumes that this will be an easy task and on reaching Vancouver starts his mission to bring Pooja back but mistakes Pooja's friend working in a parlour as Pooja herself but is dismayed when Pooja ends up being a "by the books" officer with the Vancouver Police Department who has left the parlour sometime back because of the Police Job. Fateh in order to bring her back and to avoid deputation back to India helps Pooja to convince her Mother in getting herself roped with a white man in marriage bond whom Pooja likes. This clashes with his irreverent and unsophisticated personality, but soon the two begin to find themselves drawn to one another.

Cast

Reception

The Hindustan Times gave a positive review for Jatt & Juliet 2, praising the film's acting and music, while commenting that "audiences would do well to not compare the film with the original".[5] On 25 October Jatt & Juliet became the first Punjabi Movie made in Punjab, India to have been released in Pakistan. The film has been released in Pakistan by Surya Basic Brothers Distribution and Whitehill productions in association with Yellow Hill Media and Entertainment (Pakistan).[6]

Soundtrack

Box office

Jatt & Juliet 2' has emerged the biggest blockbuster of Punjabi cinema. The film has made a box office collections nearing Rs. 20 crores approx (All India).Jatt & Juliet 2 has broken all records in 12 days of run and established new benchmarks for the industry all over.

Film collected approx 7-7.50 cr in 1st week.Film dropped by just 30-35% in 2nd weekend and managed further 3 cr. Film has collected 10 cr in 10 days and will surpass previous record of 10.50 cr lifetime of "Jatt & Juliet" by end of 2nd week.

Film will finish with 11.75 cr after two week and lifetime figure looks in the range of 17-18 cr with outside chance of touching 20 cr. Film also collected 1.75 cr in rest of India which means worldwide collection stands in excess of 18 cr already.

Controversy

The family of a highly decorated Indian Army soldier have slammed the way War hero Nand Singh has been portrayed in starting scene of Jatt & Juliet 2.[7] He is shown as a Punjab Police Constable[8]

References

  1. ↑ Lakhi, Navleen. "Music is their mantra to success". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Kapoor, Jaskiran. "Action Replay". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Mehta, Ankita. "Box Office Collection: ‘Ghanchakkar’ Disappoints; ‘Jatt and Juliet 2’ Blockbuster Overseas". IB Times. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Juneja, Raj. "Jatt and Juliet 2 garners huge collection at the box office". Times of India. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Sidhu, Lovedeep Kaur. "Lovedeep Kaur Sidhu's review: Jatt & Juliet 2". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Jatt & Juliet 2 released in Pakistan". punjabiportal.com. punjabiportal.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  7. ↑ "War hero's family demands apology".
  8. ↑ "Jatt & Juliet army disrespect".

External links

Awards

2014 PTC Punjabi Film Awards

Won

Nominated